S-5164

   Amend House File 2639, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  80.49  Right to keep and bear arms education and training fund.
   1.  A right to keep and bear arms education and training fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 11E, and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purposes set forth in subsection 2.
   2.  The department shall distribute moneys in the fund by awarding grants to persons to provide education and training on the right to keep and bear arms protected under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Iowa. In the awarding of grants, the department shall give first consideration to any official state association of the national rifle association and similar nonprofit organizations.
   3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.>
   2.  By striking page 1, line 29, through page 2, line 5, and inserting <in section 321.145, subsection 2, to the right to keep and bear arms education and training fund created in section 80.49 the amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for Gadsden flag plates.>
   3.  Title page, line 3, by striking <plates.> and inserting <plates, and making appropriations.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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CHRIS COURNOYER